Atherosclerosis IICo-sponsored by the Korean Vascular Science and Medicine Organization

Chairs: Michael Gimbrone, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School andJun-ichi Abe, University of Texas MD AndersonHyo-Soo Kim, Seoul National University Hospital Mechanism of calcification in atherosclerosis: Role of bone-marrow-derived calcifying progenitorsIra Tabas, Columbia University Defective inflammation resolution in atherosclerosis: Mechanisms and therapeutic implications

Atherosclerosis IIICo-sponsored by the Japanese Vascular Biology and Medicine Organization

Chairs: Myron Cybulsky, Univeristy of Toronto and Yasufumi Sato, Tohoku UniversityEicke Latz, University Hospital, University of Bonn Innate immune memory in atherosclerosisMasataka Sata, Tokushima University Graduate School Role of innate immunity in chronic inflammation in arterial wall and adipose tissue

Large Vessel Disease Outside the HeartCo-sponsored by the Japanese Vascular Biology and Medicine Organization

Pulmonary Hypertension

Chairs: Paul Yu, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School and Troy Stevens, University of AlabamaKurt Stenmark, University of Colorado Denver Metabolic reprogramming and inflammation act in concert to control vascular remodeling in hypoxic pulmonary hypertensionEvangelos Michelakis, University of Alberta The metabolic basic of vascular disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension

Obesity/Diabetes

Chair: Zoltan Arany, University of PennsylvaniaKenneth Walsh, Boston University School of Medicine Role of adipokines in obesity-linked vascular diseaseAnn Marie Schmidt, NYU School of Medicine RAGE & the Formin DIAPH1 & mechanisms of diabetic complications